[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

As soon as it got dark, the wind and snow outside became heavier, and the wind was blowing white. You could hear the whistling wind outside when you were sitting in the house. Gongsun Ce and Hua Manlou were surrounded by the fire, and the whole room was enveloped in air-conditioning. If it weren't for the fire in front of him, he might be frozen into ice. If it was the next night, the road would be blocked by heavy snow the next day, and snow half a person's height would be piled up outside the door.

After rubbing his hands, Gongsun Ce looked at the mattresses and beds in the back room, they were all clean, presumably those Liao people were well prepared here, even if there were soldiers here, they would not be able to find anything.

"The quilt on the first sheet is a bit cold, I'll go and see if there are any other quilts in the cabinet."

"kindness."

Opened the cabinet, there were two mattresses inside, turned to look at Hua Manlou over there, and said softly: "There are more here, it seems that we don't have to suffer from the cold at night."

"That's fine."

The fire in the brazier was already much smaller. Gongsun Ce moved the brazier to the corner near the window with something, lowered the curtain of the back room, put the candlestick on the cabinet in the back room, and the back room was brightened a lot immediately.

Hua Manlou came in following the sound, sat down on the edge of the bed, stretched out his hand to touch the mattress on the bed, left it here for a few days, his tentacles felt cold, "Have you taken out the mattress from the cabinet?"

"Well, it's all put together."

Gongsun Ce glanced at the candle, it should take a while to burn out.

"Put the candles out, I don't know how many more days I will stay here, don't have anything to illuminate at night." After Hua Manlou finished speaking, he lifted the quilt and lay down.

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce felt that this was right. He blew out the candles and lay down on the side of the bed next to the wall, with three quilts covering his body. This life was like ice, without any warmth at all. Gongsun Ce couldn't help turning to the heat source around him Getting closer, but before getting close, one arm stretched across, directly pulling him over, the two leaned together, warmth came from Hua Manlou's body, Gongsun Ce closed his eyes, and simply leaned against Hua Manlou's siblings. Together.

Hua Manlou surrounded Gongsun Ce, breathed in Gongsun Ce's ear, "Go to sleep."

"Aren't you cold?"

"People who practice martial arts are strong and healthy, and they have been like this since they were young. If you are like this in winter, your hands and feet will be cold, and you will prescribe a medicine for yourself when you go back."

"I have cold hands and feet, and I have only recently. I was not so afraid of the cold in winter."

"It's easier to adjust this way."

"How can you say that you are a doctor."

"Half a doctor, not as powerful as Lord Gongsun."

The teasing words made Gongsun Ce look up, and lightly bit Huamanlou's chin, "When did you become so flattering? Huamanlou, the longer I have known you, the more interesting you are. No wonder Lu Xiaofeng If you want to become a close friend with ordinary people, think about a character like you, who is rare in the world, too beautiful, without any flaws, if you really want to point out a flaw, it is that you can't see it with your eyes."

Hearing that Huamanlou was a little surprised, because Gongsun Ce rarely said that about him, but this seemed to be a problem.

Even though he knows that many things in the world are not good, Huamanlou is always willing to believe that the world is beautiful, his world is full of spring breeze and sunshine, and the occasional rain is just a change.Now that I am with Gongsun Ce, I still think so after going through many things.

"Everyone has flaws, why not?"

"You have?"

"I once believed in one person and almost killed myself and my friends."

"It's not your fault."

"I'm too soft-hearted, even at such a time, I never killed anyone."

Gongsun Ce turned over and lay on his stomach, "Qitong, if it were me, I would not want to lie to you. If people like you were gone, wouldn't there be a lot of people who are willing to treat others so tenderly?"

"kindness?"

Gongsun Ce continued: "You may not care about one deception, but ten times, will you still be the same as now? Just like Bao Zheng and I always did not believe the advice of the Eight Worthy Kings in the past. A lot of helplessness, some things, even if they are the truth, they shouldn’t be said. Bao Zheng and I don’t believe it. Every time we encounter a case, we will tell the truth and find out the truth. Now Bao Zheng has learned to restrain his temper in the officialdom. I also gradually lost the edges and corners of my youth, but because too many times because of our relentless pursuit, more people were harmed."

The truth is very important, but the pursuit of the truth has caused innocent people to die in vain, isn't it a violation of the original intention.

Hua Manlou's hand caressed Gongsun Ce's back, "It's not that he has changed, it's just that he understands the stakes better."

"Flowers Man Lou, sometimes I hate myself now."

"It's none of your business."

Gongsun Ce is just a chess piece of the emperor. Many things are beyond his control. Parents and friends have to take care of them. There is also Gongsun Zhen who is an official in the court. How can Gongsun Ce violate those royal powers? He cannot be unfaithful Unfilial, not to mention that he already has an ambition to be loyal to the army and serve the country, and do his best for the people of the world with his own strength.

Gongsun Ce closed his eyes and said, "It's just that I can't figure it out and talk to you for a while, and there is no one else to talk to except you."

"Always keep your ears open."

I fell asleep with peace of mind, and when I woke up, it was already daylight outside, and the wind and snow had stopped.

Getting out of bed neatly dressed, Gongsun Ce saw that Hua Manlou was also dressed, and wrapped his clothes tightly around his body before reaching out to open the door.The moment he opened the door, a chill came over him. Gongsun Ce squinted his eyes and turned his head, and quickly closed the door, "It's too cold to walk, the snow is thick on the ground."

"The weather should be good now. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave if you delay."

"Then I'll take a look at Huo'er. If we can walk, we'll be on our way now. It's not too far from the barracks. Even if the road is blocked by heavy snow, we can always get there in half a day."

"kindness."

Gongsun Ce went out stepping on the snow, shrank his feet back and rummaged in the house, finally found a few clothes that could keep out the cold, gave some to Hua Manlou, and put on some more for himself before going out to the stable to lead the horse. While walking, he said, "Fortunately, Huo'er and the others were tightly wrapped when they came out, let's go now."

"Be careful, if there is snow, the horse will have to walk slowly."

"know."

Hua Manlou and Gongsun Ce rode to the barracks. The road was covered with snow, and there were pine trees on the road. The snow was too thick and bent the branches. Occasionally, there was a crisp sound, and the branches fell with the snow on the ground. on the ground.Gongsun Ce led the way based on the hard-to-find signs along the road. After walking for a while, he suddenly saw the broken branch on the ground that he passed by just now, and frowned, "I lost my way."

"You follow me."

"The snow is too thick, will it affect it?"

"No, I roughly remember the direction. It was the same way when I came to look for you that day. Besides, Huo Er leads the way. If you don't lead it, it may lead us back."

"Huo'er has spirituality, but it's not that—"

"It doesn't hurt to try."

Hua Manlou pulled the reins and approached Gongsun Ce, borrowing his strength to sit behind Gongsun Ce, the two rode together and led the other horse.Just when Gongsun Ce felt strange, Hua Manlou leaned over and lowered his head, patted Huo'er's temple hair, Huo'er shook his head, unexpectedly understood what Hua Manlou meant, and walked forward slowly.

Turning his head in surprise, he said, "Huo Er knew that he would bring you to me, but I can take us back even if I forgot."

"Huo'er has been in the army for so long, even if you're not there, I know it's a comfortable place." Hua Manlou hugged Gongsun Ce tightly to prevent him from falling off, "The reason why I brought me to you that day was because You are here, whether you can go back this time, I am not fully sure."

"Better than wandering around in the snow."

"kindness."

After leaving the village early in the morning, Gongsun Ce still hadn't seen the shadow of the barracks at noon. Gongsun Ce's mouth was parched, his hands and feet were all frozen, and his lips were also purple. If I can’t find it anymore, I’m afraid it will be dark.”

Hua Manlou was secretly lucky, but he couldn't withstand the chill brought by the icy world, so he could only tighten his hands, "The fire earphones are good, I can find them."

"Huh, it's so cold."

After walking for almost half an hour, Gongsun Ce looked around in bewilderment, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a flag fluttering in the distance, his eyes widened suddenly, "Here we are! Huo Er has really been found!"

"It's good to be here."

Huo'er neighed when he arrived outside the barracks. Gongsun Ce was helped off his horse by Hua Manlou, rubbed Huo'er's head affectionately, and patted its neck, "Good Huo'er, thanks to you."

After finishing the words, Huo Er shook his head against Gongsun Ce as if coquettishly, making Gongsun Ce laugh.

Hua Manlou shook Gongsun Ce's cold hand, "Let them take the fire ear down, and you go back and take a hot bath, otherwise the cold air will enter the body and cause the root cause of the disease."

"Let's go back together."

The two were walking towards the tent, when suddenly a group of soldiers surrounded them, Gongsun Ce was startled, and grabbed Hua Manlou who was about to attack, "What do you mean?"

"Gongsun Ce, you colluded with foreign enemies, colluded with the Liao people, and attempted to disrupt the rules of the Song army. The evidence is solid, how can you quibble?!" Be careful, you may have succeeded long ago, the secrets of the generals have been leaked, and someone will come and capture Gongsun Ce and escort him back to Beijing!"

"Just talking nonsense, where is the evidence?"

"You have correspondence with the Liao people in your camp, how can you argue? The handwriting is exact, and you can't argue with it!"

Pang Tong was furious. It was the first time he saw Gongsun Ce, but he couldn't realize that he had become a sinner of collaborating with the enemy and treason.They only left for a day, how could the world be turned upside down all at once.

After thinking for a while, Gongsun Ce said to Hua Manlou in a low voice: "You follow back to Beijing and let them escort me back, otherwise we will become fugitives."

"When I get outside the capital, I will go to the city ahead of time to meet the Eight Sage Kings."

"kindness."

Gongsun Ce took a step forward, staring at Pang Tong, "I will go back to Beijing with you, but you must not embarrass Hua Manlou and let him leave. This matter has nothing to do with him." Pang Tong remained silent, and Gongsun Ce continued, "Pang Tong, you I have a feud with me, but if you want to make flowers everywhere, step over my dead body."

Hearing that killing intent flashed in Pang Tong's eyes, he turned to leave and said, "Arrest Gongsun Ce."